MOORE’S  RURAI-  WEW-YORKER. 
The  pf>nlli»rit  man  was  ai.lHt/Cd  to  his  home  by 
some  of  his  eompaulotiH;  and,  upon  eutcrinij’  the 
house,  then!  they  saw  that  frail,  fair  child,  still 
kneellnif  on  the  hure  floor  by  her  little  bed.  She 
hiul  fallen  asleep  In  that  ikisIUou  after  pruylu^f 
loiiK  and  earnestly  for  her  absent  father,  lint  she 
nwokt!  at  their  eotninif,  and  with  a  startled  cry 
she  ran  to  her  father  and  asktxl  what  was  the 
matter. 
With  her  own  hands  she  dressed  his  wound  and, 
presslnif  her  to  his  hear!.,  he  told  her  he  would 
try  not  to  drink  any  more. 
"(»,  dear  paiia!"  she  cried,  "I  thought  <lod 
would  answer  m.v  prayer.  1  have  pra.Vfjd  so  much 
for  you,  and  mamma  u.sod  U)  teach  me.  that  my 
IMuyers  would  bt!  heard  and  answered  when  tied 
thought  It  was  best,  dh,  won’t  niamma  be  happy, 
tip  lu  heaven,  txi  know  tlnttyou  won't  drink  any' 
more'/  and  little  brother  .lainie?  And  I  know 
dod  will  hless  you,  dear  father,  and  make  you 
strong.” 
“  May  he  bless  you,  sweet  child,  and  make  me 
ever  worthy  of  such  a  precious  treasure,  oh, 
what  a  Bluner  I  have  been  I  May  Ood  be  mcrcllul 
uido  me  1” 
There  was  little  sleep  lu  that  house  that  night, 
f 'harlcs  Hansom  was  t  horoughly  aroused  from  the 
Uii'iMjr  Into  which  he  had  been  plunged  so  lung,  j 
and  he  marveled  that  ho  Jiad  ever  fallen  so  low.  i 
lie  had  htsui  snalchetl  a.s  a  brand  from  the  hurn- 
liig,  but  not  by  Ids  own  ellorm;  the  grace  of  fhjd, 
s<»  unweailfHlIy  Invoked  In  his  behalf  by  his  pray¬ 
ing  child,  hud  al  last  come  Ui  his  restmo.  Ho  saw 
how  near  the  gulf  of  destructltm  he  had  approach¬ 
ed,  and  In  this  hour  of  pealtcnce  he  resolvtMl  no 
longer  to  rely  on  hl.s  own  strength  hut  lo  seek  the 
aid  of  divine  grace  to  helj)  him  battle  with  sorrow 
.and  fulveixlty,  lor  he  h.'wl  seen  that  “  vain  w.as  the 
hel|)of  man,"  and  that  human  nature,  iirisust  ulned 
and  uiiroiicwed  by  grace,  was  the  veiiest  woak- 
nesH. 
The  happy  ilays  piLssinl  Into  months,  the  months 
Into  years,  and  we  behold  the  reclaimed  one  a 
ves|iecU‘d  and  honored  member  of  society.  The 
beautiful  little  home  which  he  used  to  own,  and 
which  he  InuJ  sacrUlciMl  la  Ids  Insane  pa.sslon  for 
drtnk,  he  re-iniPClUised ;  And  Mary,  the  same  de- 
vot<!d  daughter  to  whO.se  prayers  he  owed  his  sal¬ 
vation,  now  develojasl  Into  n  beautiful  ami  glftisl 
young  lady  oi  seventeen,  trains  the  dowers  and 
vines  around  l.helr  happy  dwi-lllng.  and  with  her 
love  amlcareand  goodneas  niukesli  ii  home  which 
the  angels  .st^em  to  watch  over  with  imcullar  guar¬ 
dianship,  and  In  her  prayers  she  uevt'r  forgets  bt 
say : 
“My  (1(hI,  1  thunk  lliee  that  he  who  was  nigh 
unto  everlasting  destruction  is,  by  thy  mercy,  rc- 
sujred,  and  ho  who  was  lost  Is  found.”— if.  Ii. 
Eni/le. 
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A  SINGULAR  MEETING. 
Wn.tr  .strange  events  hnpiien  ;  wluit  wonderful 
coliicldences  spring  into  being  along  ihu  pat  hway 
of  life  of  .some  persons  I  1  have  Just  loarned  of  an 
eventful  iio'OlJng  between  two  soldiers  of  the  He- 
belllon,  which,  with  a  recent  meet  log  I  had  m.v- 
self  with  an  old  ataiualulalice,  I  will  give  the  read¬ 
ers  of  the  Express  aa  they  taime  m  me. 
Among  ihe  vtirlous  rt!glments  recruited  In  (.'en- 
tral  New  York,  tlurlng  the  late  war,  was  the  iwtth, 
which  was  sentto  the  Department  of  the  (iulf,  and 
attached  to  t  he  .army'  under  I  he  couiimuid  of  (len- 
eral  Hanks.  This  ri'glment  took  an  active  part 
In  the  op(!raMons  agalimt  I'ort  Hudson,  and  was 
one  of  the  lirst  to  enter  tha  t,  place  at  the  time  of 
llH  surrendt’r,  duly  Si,  ls«3.  It  w.as  otic  of  the  regi¬ 
ments.  of  NS'clWcl's  HrlgiUlo,  and  the  following 
year  batk  itart  In  an  e.xiiedltlon  lo  Hablue  Pas-s, 
between  lyoiilslaua  and  Texas,  tvhero  a  large 
amount  of  ('oiifoderale  stores  were  destroyed. 
One  of  the  companies  belonging  to  the  ifioth  was 
raised  lu  Palmj  ra,  N.  Y.,  and  among  Its  membei's 
was  Mr.  u.  8.  H(4‘vens,  who  served  full  tlmt‘,  was 
discharged  at  Its  (ilsbandiueid.,  and  Is  now  a  mcr- 
ohaiil  at  Palmyra. 
A  few  da.v.s  since  .Mr.  Slovens  hml  occasion  to  go 
lo  Hartlord,  Poiiit,  and  left  home  on  the  5  1*.  M. 
train  oil  the  Central  Hailroad.  After  Issaualng 
well  settled  In  one  of  the  sleeping  ears,  he  dls- 
eovered  a  t»dl,  suml.v-complexloned  man  lu  thi! 
opitosUe  section,  who,  though  a  perfect  stra tiger, 
hml  a  large  Homari  nose  which  Stevens  thought  he 
hiwlsocu  bofore,  hut  falling  to  recall  any  resem¬ 
blance  of  such  a  face,  he  gave  no  utterd  lon  lo  It 
until  the  train  reached  Syracuse,  when  a  long  arm 
rt'aehed  across  the  aisle,  and  a  brawny  haml 
touched  him  on  theshouhler,  I  ho  stranger  at  the 
same  fJme  asking  11  they  stopiicd  then-  Uu  siiiipi'r. 
To  this  Slevens  uii.swcred  In  the  allirmal  ivt!,  bill¬ 
ing  him  If  he  would  go  along  he  would  show  him 
where  lo  gel  a  good  lunch.  At  that  they  parsed 
out  together,  uinl  afler  supper  the  .stranger  of¬ 
fered  .Stevens  a  cigar,  and  then  weal  Into  the 
smoking  car  where  the  tollowlng  cunveisalloii  en¬ 
sued  ; 
“  Well,  st  ranger,  1  reckon  you  live  somewhere 
In  thcsi’  parts?” 
“Yes,  1  live  In  Palmyra,”  said  Slevena. 
“  And  1  live  way  down  In  Texas.  1  was  what 
you  tised  to  call  a  .loliuiiy  Hob  during  t  he  war." 
“  Ah,  what  part  of  the  Koul  li  did  y  ou  serve  In 
asked  Htuvens. 
Thrusting  his  long  legs  under  the  seal  lu  front, 
and  turning  part  wiij  round,  ho  said ; 
“I  wa.snt  l*ori  Hudson  until  your  army  uoarly 
starved  us  out,  and  we  had  to  surrcndCT.  .After  I 
was  e.\ChatigiHj  1  was  a  ’J'exas  ranger,  and  anally 
got  reconst  niolod.” 
“  And  you  w’ore  a  prisoner  al  Port  lliuksm?  Do 
yiHi  ri'meiubcr  seeing  the  loath  New  York  Volun¬ 
teers  there  7”  said  Stevens. 
“  1  think  I  do,”  said  the  Te.xau ;  “  and  If  I’m  not 
mistaken,  that  was  the  very  regiment  our  boys 
llrst  met.” 
I  “  And  do  you  remember  trading  canteens  w  ith 
one  of  them  V” 
“  Yes,  and  I  got  a  tin  canteen  with  the  Inlthals 
o.  S.  H.  on  It !” 
“And  I  got  a  woo<len  one  with  J.  T.  P.  onit," 
said  Hbiverts. 
“ That  was  mine,”  said  the  'I’exan;  “my  name 
Is  John  T.  Pond.  Hy  Heoigc!  wo  have  drank  Irom 
the  same  canliien,  old  friend ;  give  me  your  hand 
for  life,"  mill  ho  brought  a  tremendous  sipleeze  on 
Ht.eveiia'  hand,  wldch  fairly  brought  ihe  tears  to 
Ills  eyes. 
If  the  conversation  had  heen  lively  li<*i'ore  It  wuis 
doubly  so  then.  Mr.  Pond  going  Into  a  full  detail 
of  his  history  before  uoil  yrier  the  war.  He  had 
IcftCoimecllcul  t  wi.uily-two  years  ago,  and  h.id 
settled  at  Sabine  Pass,  luid  was  part  owner  of  a 
large  mill,  which  SUiven.s'iioooii.'ind  had  destroyed 
the  year  following  Hu*  surrender  ol  Port  Hudson. 
Ho  was  now  on  his  way  to  .New  Haven  lo  visit  a 
sIsUt  he  had  not  soon  In  all  these  yoaim.  Hr  said 
that  he  returned  lo  Hahliio  after  the  war,  rebuilt 
Hie  mill,  was  Ruceea.aful.  and  now  bad  sfXiured  a 
competeiiee  that  enabled  him  once  more  bi  visit 
his  friends  In  the  Nmlh.  sieveos  g.'ive  him  an 
uccuriib*  accoiiiitof  the  desH  ueHonof  his  mill,  Hie 
Ilrsl  he  had  ever  obtained,  and  (ho  two  sat  iipand 
convers4*d  Hie  entire  night,  while  Hu*  slociilng  car 
conductor  wondered  why  Hic-y  ilUI  not  return  to 
occupy  their  lierths.  The  next  morning  they 
jiarbsl  .at  Hartford ;  and  though  their  lirst  meet¬ 
ing  had  been  as  eueuilos,  they  bid  (*aeh  other 
good-by  with  many  regrets,  sueh  its  Hie  l/esl  of 
friends  only  know.— tvw-.  of  Uin  hcster  Kj-iirenn. 
-  ■  *  »  * 
NO  MOTHER.  i 
'J'HK  Other  day,  when  a  stern  and  dlguKled 
.fudge  ordered  a  prisoner  to  stand  up  and  offer 
objections,  If  he  laul  any,  to  being  seidcneed  to 
prison  for  a  long  term  of  yi*ai  s,  the  prisoner  rose 
and  said ; 
“  I  never  had  a  motlier  to  shed  lesirs  over  me !” 
Ills  words  enteicd  every  heart  in  Hie  court 
room.  He  was  a  rough,  had  man,  lu  Hio  middle 
age  of  life,  and  he  hail  been  convicted  Of  burglary, 
but  every  heart  softened  toward  him  as  his  lliis 
uttered  Hie  words.  Ho  felt  wdiat  he  said,  and 
tears  rolled  down  his  cheeks  as  ho  coliHiiued : 
“If  I  had  had  a  moHier’s  love  and  a  niOLlier's 
loarH  -somo  one  lo  plead  with  me  and  pray  with 
me— I  should  iiol  now  bo  what  1  am !" 
Ah!  'rhat's  H  I  There  Isa  power  In  a  luolhcr’s 
love,  In  her  baiix,  phauUngs  and  prayers,  whose 
liiHueuco  Is  hardly  to  be  realized.  Hon  pity  the 
lad  who  has  no  home  bi  go  to  no  mother  bi 
Whom  he  can  tell  his  I  roubles  and  Ills  griefs- no 
mother  to  put  her  arms  nroiiiid  his  neck  and 
beseech  Heaven  lo  keep  him  In  rigid,  jiathsl 
There  Is  no  heart  like  a  mother's.  Her  child  may 
wound  It  again  and  ag.iln,  yea,  plereo  it  with  u 
sword,  and  ll.'j  lust  pulsalJons  will  si (ll  beat  with 
love  for  Hie  mgr.ate.  it  is  Hie  lirst  to  e.xciise  his 
faulbi.  Hie  last  lo  coudeiiin.  There  Is  no  love  like 
a  motlier’s-Mone  so  enduring,  so  binder,  so  far- 
reiwlilug.  It  Is  lavislied  n[iou  Hie  child  In  the, 
eradle,  and  It  follows  the  boy  over  Hie  iKiean.  H 
calls  up  Hie  wanderer  the  lirst  thing  In  t  he  loorn- 
liig,  and  It  remains  witii  him  until  sh-ep  closes 
Hie  eyes.  When  a  mother’s  love  for  her  offspring 
dies  out,  It  U  a  eerlaln  sign  Hiul  he  has  heeoiiic  a 
being  bM)  alroelous  to  longer  live  among  men. 
There  are  no  lenrs  like  a  niotuer’s.  N'othlng 
eaa  so  Ughb'u  Hie  sorrow  of  a  eldld— iiotlilug  so 
restrain  a  ml iiU  from  wandering  into  evil  jiadis. 
The  man  who  loolos  back  over  liLs  elUldhoud  and 
youth  regrets  iiotlUiig  so  much  as  that  lie  lias 
biiiught  tears  of  Sorrow  and  sadness  to  a  fond 
liiotlier’s  eyes.  Every  tear  a  moHu/r  sheds  over  a 
waj'ward  child  Is  rts':or<Jeil  lu  the  great  hook,  and 
he  shall  answer  for  It. 
There  an*  no  prayers  like  a  mother’s— none  that 
reach  .so  fur,  .and  none  so  cariieHt.  'I'he  wanderer 
on  foreign  shore.s  feels  this  In  his  heart,  luid  he  Is 
thankful  to  Heaven  that  he  ean  feel  It.  Kneeling 
at  her  bedside  and  a.sklng  the  angel  to  guide  the 
feet  of  her  i  hlldren  In  right  paths,  who  doiibis 
that  a  mother’s  prayers  are  heard  In  Heaven? 
••  I  never  had  a  moilier  to slusl  b-arsover  me!” 
The  sorrowful  words  of  that  burglar  might  be 
the  words  of  maii.v  evil  doers.  "  No  mol  her” 
means  aclilug  hearts,  burdened  oiliid,s,  deadly 
WOOS,  and  paths  whleh  lead  down  to  ruin.  Ileaveu 
be  kind  b)  the  lad  who  must  battle  through 
the  world  without  a  mother’s  loais,  a  mother's 
prayers,  and  a  mother’s  boundless  love  to  give  him 
hope,  slreiigth  and  courage  1” 
-  ♦ 
ALWAYS  DISAPPOINTED. 
Dm  you  ever  H<*e,  far,  far  away  from  you,  Hio 
Ix'iiutlful  purple  mountains,  and  set  forth  lo  seek 
Ihem,  with  a  vague  feeling  that  uiioii  them  the 
world  mast  siieni  more  beautiful,  more  roioaiillc 
than  It  does  upon  Hie  plain  7  Hut  us  you  go  on, 
though  Hie  roads  are  hilly  and  there  Is  some 
climbing  to  be  done,  you  discover  that  you  never 
seem  to  reach  tho.se  mountains— Ihoso  uondroiisly 
beautiful  inj'sterleK  that  smile  upon  you  from 
afar.  You  tread  common  earth  and  chinihei-  o\ er 
common  rocks.  The  Irees  and  bushes  grow  even 
less  beautiful ;  they  nre  stunted  and  rough ;  there 
Is  much  that  Is  trouhle.some  in  (he  path,  and  yon 
canuol  believe  that  you  are  Iilgher  above’  Hie 
earth  than  you  were.  Far  away  still  lies  the 
beauty  and  Hio  mystery— tar  away,  far  away; 
and  about  you  only  mire,  and  dusl,  and  stone.s, 
and  common  herbage.  Kveii  shouhl  you  mount 
bj  some  Idghesl  peak  and  look  back,  you  would 
ilfidHie  beauty  In  Hie  valley  you  had  left,  not  on 
the  rugged  mounlain  ivhere  you  stood. 
And  so  In  life.  Climb  where  you  may,  lo  whab 
ever  pinnacle,  you  never  reach  your  beaulllul 
mountain.  Where  you  stand,  anoUier’s  eyes  may 
I  he  llxed  now.  To  1dm  It  Imus  thelK'auty,  the  mys- 
I  b/ry,  the  charm  It  once  had  to  you.  A'ou  liave 
only  proven  lo  yourself  that  the  beautiful  moun- 
bilns  are  yet  farther  away.  And,  alas!  living 
I  feet  never  roach  them,  hut  must  for  ever  pre.ss 
i  common  liiirHi. 
(Ill,  the  golden  mountain  of  Wealth !  Oh.  Hie 
glorious  mountain  or  Fame,  purple  as  an  Em¬ 
peror’s  lYihe  I  «  hat  say  those  who  stand  uiwm 
them  7  Only  Hits “  They  were  hard  Uj  climb.” 
And  that  numt  beautiful  and  rosealo*  moiinbdu 
which  two  ustieiid  hand  In  hand,  after  the  wed¬ 
ding  ring  ts  Oh !  A  h  t  well,  there  Is  rest  and  peiuie 
there  otb'ii,  when  Ixith  hearts  are  true ;  but  it  Is 
not  what  It  seems  U>  llietioy  and  girl  who  yearn 
for  It  as  Hiey  stand  tOgi.iHiiir  In  Hie  .sweet  valley  of 
lirst  love. 
Wo  never  reach  our  beautiful  iiiniintalns.  Wo 
never  may.  Yet  they  make  the  valley  beautiful— 
and  we  wouhl  be  worse  Hian  we  are  If  we  did  not 
see  them  ns  we  do;  unhappler,  If  Huiy  did  not 
arise  In  all  tholr  splendor  above  these  stony, 
common  paths  of  oui-a,  to  Uill  us  what  might  be. 
If  not  what  is. 
- - - 
FIRST  STEAMBOAT  ON  THE  HUDSON. 
Tun  Steamboat  ll-self  is  a  rom.anec  of  the  Hud¬ 
son.  Its  blrlli  was  on  the  watei-s,  wher<i  the  rude 
eoncepi  Ions  of  Evans  and  Flleli  on  the  Scliuylklll 
and  Delaware  were  perfeirUMl  by  Fiilbm  and  his 
suwiivssors.  How  strange  Ls  the  slory  of  lie  ad¬ 
vent,  growth  and  aelilevemental  l  iving  men  ri*- 
memlM'r  when  Hie  idea  of  sb'arn  naxlgntlon  was 
ridiculed.  'I'hey  remember,  too,  Hint  when  the 
fleriiioiit  went  from  New  York  to  Albany  wlHiOid 
the  use  of  a:UlH,  against  wind  and  tide.  In  Hdriy- 
two  hours,  ridicule  wa-s  ehaiigod  Duo  uinazemeiit. 
That  voyage  dhl  more,  li  spread  terror  over  Hie 
surface  of  uie  rtwr,  and  nroated  wide  alarm  along 
llsbordeix  The  steamboat  was  an  Jiwfiil  revela¬ 
tion  U)  the  nsherincii,  the  farmers,  and  the  vll- 
lageis.  Itcaniouiwm  tlieni  iintieralded.  It  seemed 
like  a  weird  craft  from  IMiibi’s  realm-  u  trausllg- 
iiratlon  of  (.'liarou’8  boat  luto  a  living  llend  from 
the  Infernal  regions.  Hit  huge  black  pipe  vomit- 
irig  lire  and  smoke,  the  lioursn  breathing  of  Its 
engine,  ami  Hie  great  spla.shof  Us  uncovered  pad- 
dle-wlie(*l8  tilled  Hie  Imaguiatlon  with  all  Hieilark 
pictures  of  goblins  that  rumaueers  have  Invented 
since  the  foundation  of  l he  world.  Home  thought 
It  was  an  unheard-of  inonsbir  of  the  sea  ravaging 
the  fresh  wider;  oHiers  regarded  It  as  a  herald  of 
(he  llnal  eoutlagriiHoii  at  Hie  day  of  dcKim.  Man¬ 
agers  of  river  craft  who  saw  It  at  night  believed 
that  the  great  red  dragon  Of  the  Ajiocalypse  was 
loose  upon  the  wab'rs.  .Some  prayed  for  deliver¬ 
ance  ;  some  fled  lu  terror  lo  the  shore  and  hid  In 
the  recesses  ol  Hie  rixiis,  and  some  crouched  In 
mortal  dread  beneath  their  decks  and  abiindoned 
their  VO, -wels  and  Hiemsfives  toihemeivy  of  the 
winds  and  wav«\s  or  the  jaw.s  of  Hie  demon.  The 
*  'lerinonl  was  Hie  author  of  somi*  of  tlie  mo, si  won¬ 
derful  romiiuces  of  the  Hudson,  and  for  years  .she 
was  the  victim  and  enmliy  of  the  itshernien,  who 
believed  Hiut  her  noise  and  agitation  of  Hie  waters 
would  drive  the  shad  and  sturgeon  from  Hie  river. 
Tl.  .T.  lajssiNO,  hi  //firiMT'n  ,/hr  April. 
^  ♦ - - 
ASTOR’S  CHILDREN. 
Wm.  H,  AsroK  had  a  superior  wife  and  she  strove 
to  do  giMKl  among  the  pour,  but  there  were  dllTl- 
eulHes  In  iho  way,  a.s  Hie  public  generally  under- 
Hbiod,  They  have  two  daugliiers,  iniirrled  to  men 
of  character,  the.  names  being  t’ary  and  Delano, 
and  they  live  up  town  in  handsome  style.  There 
are  three  sons— Henry,  a  weak-minded  man  who 
has  bi»en  kept  earefiilly  out  or  Hie  public  gaze, 
Wnihuu  and  John  Jacob.  The  latter  is  a  portly 
man  ot  laige  build  and  has  passed  his  forilelh 
year.  He  is  heir  appareiiHo  Hie  largest  part  of 
the  estate,  11  being  Hie  InU'ntlon  of  the  old  iman 
Ui  keep  It  unbroken  as  long  aa  iKisslble.  Of  Wil¬ 
liam,  Hie  second  son,  so  llHle  has  heeu  heard  that 
were  It  imt  fur  his  expected  weall  h  iio  would  he 
merely  one  out  of  our  million  uf  liihablUmis. 
Henry  was  kept  for  many  years  at  the  farm  In 
Uarrylowii  (between  Hits  city  and  Albany),  and  us 
he  Is  mentally  ilellclenL  it  was  Intended  lo  make 
that  an  as.vluni  for  him.  He  defeaUid  these  plans, 
however,  by  making  a  liialch  with  a  country  girl, 
who  hail  uo objei'iloii  to  hitch  on  to  an  upuleut 
family,  and  Hie  latU>r  was  hikeii  by  surprise  at  an 
event  whleh  shows  how  love  laiiglis  alcapliallHls. 
John  Jacob  married  about  Lweiity-nvc  .veal's  ago, 
iiiiil  the  oldest  son  has  just  graduated  at  Hie  law 
siiliool.  The  object,  no  doubt,  wa.s  to  glvii  him 
such  an  at’qualnlanoe  with  this  profis-slim  as  will 
enable  him  to  manage  Ihe  vast  estate.  Instead 
of  set  ting  up  Ills  sign  and  wulHiig  fur  ellents,  he 
w  III  have  enough  lo  do  In  that  otUeo  whleh  con¬ 
tains  Hie  deeds  to  lorty  acres  In  Hie  inosl  lm|iort- 
ant  city  In  Ainerlca.  Togoba/k  to  Hie  Idea  of 
Hie  (/eiileaiilal.  what  a  dlllcrenee  bclween  the 
young  Astoi  of  Hie  preseni.  day  and  nls  ancestor 
who  a  hundred  years  ago  was  helping  his  father 
draw  ijork  on  Hie  bunks  of  the  Khliie. 
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A  CHECKERED  CAREER. 
Thkkk  Is  a  n.un  In  Tauiiloii,  Mass.,  now  forl  v- 
slx  years  old,  who  has  had  a  checkered  career. 
He  has  been  slilpvvns’kml  once;  iiui'rowly  cw-aped 
baking  in  a  railroad  accident;  hius  been  run  away 
with  llmeH  liimiiiierable;  wasshoMii  the  neck  at 
(lettysburg;  had  a  tasUrot  l.lbby  uilsoii ;  fell  over¬ 
board  from  a  whaler,  and,  before  being  picked  up, 
left.  1  wo  IDigi-rs  In  the  moulh  of  a  shark;  was 
drafted  fwlee;  hud  hU  right  arm  broken  In  two 
places  during  Hio  New  York  riot;  stood  on  a  bar¬ 
rel  with  a  halu*r  around  Ids  neck.  In  an  Aliibuinu 
town,  at  Hic  oulbresk  of  Hie  rebellion,  fioiil  sun- 
rise  lo  huiistd ;  In  1«W  was  criiHlo-d  under  a  falling 
building  during  a  Hallforida  e.irthriuake,  and  was 
without  lood  and  diink  nearly  llfiy  lioiu's,  and, 
when  homeward  bound  from  the  mines  of  the 
^^’hlte  Pine  region,  narrowly  escaped  lyiieliing 
through  a  mistake  In  person.  Ainld  all,  he  pre¬ 
serves  his  equanimity,  and  refuses  to  believe  that 
luck  Is  against  him. 
TRIBUTE  TO  THE  LATE  DR.  HOWS. 
The  rest  that  earth  denied  la  thine,— 
Ah,  is  it  rest  7  wo  ask. 
Or,  trsiVid  bj-  knowledge  more  divine. 
Some  larger,  nobler  task  7 
Had  but  Ihutm  linuiiit1(>8a  fields  of  blue 
One  darkened  aplu  re  like  thin ; 
Dut  what  liSH  lle.'ivrri  for  thee  lo  do 
In  realms  of  iirrfeet  bluni  7 
No  cloud  to  lift,  no  mind  to  clear. 
No  ruKsed  path  to  niuoolh, 
No  stnaorllng  aoul  to  help  and  cheer, 
No  mortal  »rrief  to  hooUi  ! 
EnouKh ;  Is  there  a  world  of  love, 
No  more  we  auk  to  know ; 
The  hand  will  guide  thy  ways  above 
That  ahajied  thy  task  below. 
(April  Atlantic. 
THE  BIBLE. 
I'liKKK  may  be  a  few  of  our  readora  who  are  un- 
aiiqualntcd  with  the  following  HlbUcal  facts,  coii- 
sequeutly  we  Insert  them  tor  their  enlightenment ; 
The  SiTlpturoa  have  been  tranHlaled  Into  148  lan¬ 
guages  and  dialTOts,  of  which  121  had,  prior  to  the 
formation  of  the  Untisn  and  Foreign  Bible  Society, 
neveraiipcared.  Twenty-live  of  these  languages 
exlstfsl  without  an  oral  form.  Upward  of  4.1, ooo,- 
(MM»  cif  these  copies  are  eiti’iilaUid  among  not  leas 
than  Oeu.otNi.oooor  ]ii*ople. 
The  lirst  division  or  the  Divine  order  liilo  chap- 
U-rs  and  verses  Is  aHrlhuicd  to  Stephen  Langton, 
Archblshoti  of  (.'auterbury.  In  the  reign  pf  King 
John,  In  the  latter  pari,  ot  the  twelfth  or  begin¬ 
ning  of  Hie  HilrUienth  ceulury.  Cardinal  Hugo, 
In  Hie  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century,  divided 
Hie  (lid  I'estament  Into  chapters  as  they  Rtaud  In 
our  translation.  In  16C1  AHilas,  a  Jew  of  Amstcr- 
ilain,  divided  Hioseellon  of  Hugo  Into  verses.  In 
lOfil  a  French  printer  divided  the  New  Tostament 
Into  versos  ns  they  now  are. 
Tim  Hid  TestaiiUMit  contains  3»  Ijooks,  IW  chap- 
ters,  verso-s,  5Sh{..i3l>  words,  and  v.TSS.loo 
letters. 
The  New  Testament  contains  27  books,  *270 
ehaplcrs,  7,031  verses,  1:12,253  words,  and  9ii3,S80 
letters. 
The  entire  Bible  I'ontaliis  06  books,  1,190  chap¬ 
ters,  31,174  vOrse-s,  763,002  Words,  and  3,605,480 
letters. 
The  n.amo  of  Jehovah,  or  Lord,  oceiurs  6,855 
Hines  In  Hie  Old  Testament. 
'I’he  word  “and”  occurs  In  the  Old  Testament 
85,543  Hme.s. 
'I’he  mlddlo  book  of  Hie  Old  Testament  Is 
Proverbs. 
The  middle  chnpU'r  Is  Hie  20Hi  of  Job. 
'I’Ue  middle  verae  Is  lu  ‘id  t’hronlcles,  2(ith  chap- 
Uii',  17  Hi  verse. 
The  iiilddli*  book  of  the  New  TesUmeut  Is  2d 
ThessiUonlaiis. 
The  middle  chapters  are  lu  Koman.s,  13ih  and 
l4Hl. 
The  middle  verse  Is  Acts  11:17. 
The  middle  chapter  and  the  sliortest  lu  Hie 
Bible  Is  Psalms  2:  17. 
The  middle  verse  lu  the  Bible  Is  Psalms  18:  0. 
The  least  vitso  Hi  the  Old  Testament  Is  In  ist 
tdironicles,  l :  26. 
The  least  verse  tii  tho  Bible  Is  John  11 :  35. 
The  lOlU  chapter  In  2d  Kings  and  In  Isaiah  27tli 
are  IdeiiUoul. 
'Iho  2lHt  vcrsii  of  the  lUi  chapter  of  Ezra  cou- 
tiUius  all  the  letters  of  the  alpUaliet,  l  and  J  being 
considered  us  one. 
The  Ajiocryidid  (not  inspired,  but  somellines 
bound  between  the  Old  and  New  Te.stameiits)  has 
14  books,  183  chapters,  16,081  vciscs,  and  16«,186 
words. 
The  preceding  facts  were  ascertaliuMl  by  a  gen- 
Heniun  In  1718,  also  by  an  Eiigllshmaii  residing 
at  Amsterdam  In  172‘2,  and  It  Is  hiild  lo  have  taken 
eiK'li  gentleman  nearly  three  years  In  the  Investl- 
gulloii. 
There  Is  a  blble  In  Hio  library  of  tho  L'nlvei’slty 
of  (lotHngen  written  on  2,470  palm  leaves. 
A  shekel  of  gold  was  fs.oo, 
A  talent  of  silver  was  $510.32.  \ 
A  talent  of  gold  was  lis.seo. 
A  piece  of  silver  or  a  penny  was  13  cents. 
A  farthing  was  3  cents. 
A  gerheui  was  1  cent. 
A  mile  w'us  Ijtf  cents, 
A  homer  coiiHtliis  75  gallons  and  6  pints. 
A  hin  was  1  gallon  and  'i  pints. 
A  nrkln  was  7  pints. 
An  omer  was  «  pints. 
'I’he  divisions  of  the  Old  Testament  are  four,  as 
follows; 
1.  'I’lie  Pentateuch,  or  the  four  books  of  Moses. 
2.  Tho  lUsiorleal  books,  comprising  Josliua  to 
Esther,  Inclusive. 
3.  rneileal  and  doctrinal  books  from  Job  to 
.Songs  of  Solomon,  inclusive. 
■t  I’roplit'Hcnl  books  from  Isaiah  lo  Alalachl. 
The  New  Testament  Is  usually  divided  Into  three 
parts,  viz.: 
1.  Hlstorleal,  containing  the  four  Gospels  and 
Acts. 
2.  Doct-liial,  comprising  all  the  Epistles  from 
Homans  to  Judo. 
3.  Prophetical,  being  the  Book  of  Revelations  of 
St  John. 
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Thk  meanest  principle  Is  stubbornness.  “If 
any  one  offends  me  I’ll  never  foi-glve  them,”  says 
one.  Well,  If  you  do  not,  you  never  enter  Para¬ 
dise,  Hint’s  certain. 
